Meanings
nounwastepaper basket (plural wastepaper baskets)
plural wastepaper baskets
- A small open container for discarded paper etc; a wastebasket.
Synonyms: wagger-pagger-bagger, wastebasket, wastebin, wastepaper bin
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small open container for discarded paper etc; a wastebasket.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna container with an open top; for discarded paper and other rubbish
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Translations
Catalan paperera
- papererasmall open container for discarded paper
Chinese Mandarin 廢紙簍 /废纸篓, 紙簍 /纸篓
- 廢紙簍 /废纸篓 (fèizhǐlǒu)small open container for discarded paper
- 紙簍 /纸篓 (zhǐlǒu)small open container for discarded paper
Danish affaldskurv
- affaldskurvsmall open container for discarded paper
Finnish roskakori
- roskakorismall open container for discarded paper
French corbeille à papiers
- corbeille à papierssmall open container for discarded paper
German Papierkorb
- Papierkorbsmall open container for discarded paper
Hungarian papírkosár
- papírkosársmall open container for discarded paper
Irish ciseán páipéir
- ciseán páipéirsmall open container for discarded paper
Italian cestino della carta straccia
- cestino della carta stracciasmall open container for discarded paper
Japanese くずかご
- くずかご (kuzukago)small open container for discarded paper
Korean 휴지통
- 휴지통 (hyujitong)small open container for discarded paper
Latvian papīrkurvis
- papīrkurvissmall open container for discarded paper
Lithuanian põpierdėžė
- põpierdėžėsmall open container for discarded paper
Polish kosz na śmieci w biurze
- kosz na śmieci w biurzesmall open container for discarded paper
Portuguese caixote do lixo
- caixote do lixosmall open container for discarded paper
Romanian coș, coș de hârtii
- coșsmall open container for discarded paper
- coș de hârtiismall open container for discarded paper
Russian корзи́на для бума́г
- корзи́на для бума́г (korzína dlja bumág)small open container for discarded paper
Spanish papelera
- papelerasmall open container for discarded paper
Swedish papperskorg, rundarkiv
- papperskorgsmall open container for discarded paper
- rundarkivsmall open container for discarded paper
Turkish ofis tipi çöp kovası, ofis tipi çöp kutusu
- ofis tipi çöp kovasısmall open container for discarded paper
- ofis tipi çöp kutususmall open container for discarded paper
- perfore çöp kovasısmall open container for discarded paper
- perfore çöp kutususmall open container for discarded paper
- delikli çöp kovasısmall open container for discarded paper
- delikli çöp kutususmall open container for discarded paper
- fileli çöp kovasısmall open container for discarded paper
- fileli çöp kutususmall open container for discarded paper
Welsh basged sbwriel
- basged sbwrielsmall open container for discarded paper
Cite this entry
APA
wastepaper basket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wastepaper%20basket
MLA
“wastepaper basket.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wastepaper%20basket. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wastepaper basket,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wastepaper%20basket.
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